Cigar-band.



No. 715512. Patent ed Dec. 9, I902..

M. BEGENSBUBG. y CIGAR BAND.

(Application filed Mar. 19, 1902.:

(no Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORTIMER REGEN SBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-BAN D.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 715,512, dated December 9, 1902. Application filed March 19, 1902. Serial No. 98 ,94'7. (N0 modelJ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTIMER Rnenns- BURG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city,county,and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in Cigar-Bands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigar-bands made of paper or like material, one end of which is provided with an adhesive substance, so as to adapt it to be pasted upon the other end of the band.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved cigar-band of the above-indicated class which will be so constructed as to protect the cigar-wrapper from contact with the adhesive portion of the band and to materially reduce the time and labor necessary for applying the band to a cigar.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which" Figure l is a side view of a cigar with my improved band applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan of the band in a flat condition; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, drawn upon a large scale.

The improved cigar-band, as shownin detail in Fig. 2, consists of a strip of paper or like flexible material A, which at one end A is narrow and provided with a coating A of any adhesive, such as mucilage, while that portion upon which the said adhesive is adapted to come when the band is folded around the cigar, as shown in Fig. 1, is materially wider than the portion carrying the adhesive A. This wide portion, which may be tapering, as shown, is indicated at A :20 as indicating two acute-angled side pieces of this tapering portion. In the particularcon'struction shown in the drawings the adhesive A is located at the extreme end of the band, and the enlargement A is likewise located at one end of the band. I desire it to be understood, however, that such location is not absolutely essential, the main object being to provide an enlargement at that portion of theband which comes in contact with the portion carrying the adhesive A.

In applying my improved cigar-band the wide portion A is first placed upon the wrapper of the cigar, and then the band is folded around the cigar, so as to bring the portion with'the adhesive A upon the wide portion A The connection is made in the usual way by moistening the adhesive.

A material advantage of constructing the cigar-band as above described resides in the fact that there is no danger of pasting the portion with the adhesive even partly upon the cigar-wrapper, since on account of the enlargement A it is not absolutely necessary to place the adhesive or coated end in an exactly-central position. This of course also enables an operator to perform the work of applying the bands much more rapidly and with a certainty of satisfactory results. With the adhesive cigar-bands as generally made there is always some danger of pasting the adhesive portion of the band partly on the cigar-Wrapper, and the result is that the mucilage or other adhesive may impart an unpleasant flavor to a portion of the cigar. Besides, since a portion of the band adheres to the wrapper there is danger of injuring the wrapper when removing the hand. All this is avoided by my invention, and as there is no need of exercising great care in pasting the adhesive end actually upon the center of the other end portion of the band theoperation can be performed much more rapidly than with the usual style of cigar-band.

Another advantage of my improved form of cigar-band is that it may be very readily torn off a cigar without injuring the wrapper. This will be clearly shown by reference to Fig. 1. Those portions of the band which project sidewise from the adhesive portion A can be readily taken hold of and lifted from the wrapper, so as to enable the user to tear the band without any danger of damaging the wrapper.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture a laterallyflexible paper cigar-band one cndof which is broader than its body and than the other end, the narrow end carrying adhesive substance on its inner side, so that it may overlap the broad end and be secured thereto, the broad end allowing the adhesion with the narrow end within a considerable radius and furnishin g projections extending laterally for detaching or destroying the band. 1

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses:

JOHN LOTKA, ALBERT C. WIECHERS. 

